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Introduction ...

We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:

  • That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
  • We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
  • On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.

By learning about Lira (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.

As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Lira. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.

Neighboring Counties ...

When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.

For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.

So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived:  their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.

Lira is located in Sutter County.

To see how the shape of California's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Sutter County: Butte, Colusa, Placer, Sacramento, Yolo & Yuba.

Below are the counties that are near Lira. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lira:

  • Sutter County     (The home county of Lira)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lira, with the one closest to Lira listed first.
    • Tarke
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Tarke is located in Sutter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarke
    • Meridian
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Sutter
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Tierra Buena
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Tierra Buena is located in Sutter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tierra Buena
    • Pennington
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Pennington is located in Sutter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennington
    • South Yuba City
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • South Yuba City is located in Sutter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Yuba City
    • Bogue
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Bogue is located in Sutter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogue
    • Yuba City
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Live Oak
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Live Oak is located in Sutter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Live Oak
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,048 people
    • Marcuse ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Marcuse is located in Sutter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcuse
    • Robbins
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Rio Oso
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Butte County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lira, with the one closest to Lira listed first.
    • Gridley
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Peachton
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Peachton is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peachton
    • Bigg's
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Robinsons Corner
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Robinsons Corner is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinsons Corner
    • East Biggs
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • East Biggs is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Biggs
    • Honcut
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Richvale
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Lorraine ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Lorraine is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorraine
    • Palermo
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Oroville Junction
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Oroville Junction is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oroville Junction
    • Nelson
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Bangor
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Colusa County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lira, with the one closest to Lira listed first.
    • Grimes
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Colusa
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Colusa Rancheria
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Colusa Rancheria is located in Colusa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colusa Rancheria
    • College City
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Arbuckle
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Genevra
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Genevra is located in Colusa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genevra
    • Williams
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Harrington
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Harrington is located in Colusa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrington
    • Maxwell
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Princeton
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Sites
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Sites is located in Colusa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sites
    • Leesville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Leesville is located in Colusa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
  • Glenn County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lira, with the one closest to Lira listed first.
    • Afton
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Afton is located in Glenn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Afton
    • Butte City
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Glenn
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
  • Placer County
  • Santa Cruz County
  • Yolo County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lira, with the one closest to Lira listed first.
    • Hershey
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Hershey is located in Yolo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hershey
    • Dunnigan
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Zamora
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Knights Landing
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Rumsey
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Guinda
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Yolo
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
  • Yuba County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lira, with the one closest to Lira listed first.
    • Binney Junction
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Binney Junction is located in Yuba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Binney Junction
    • Alicia
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Alicia is located in Yuba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alicia
    • Marysville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Linda
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Olivehurst
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Dantoni
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Dantoni is located in Yuba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dantoni
    • Plumas Landing ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Plumas Landing is located in Yuba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumas Landing
    • Ostrom ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Ostrom is located in Yuba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ostrom
    • Iowa City
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Iowa City is located in Yuba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iowa City
    • Browns Valley
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Wheatland
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Loma Rica
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Loma Rica is located in Yuba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loma Rica

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lira, see our County-by-County Page for Lira.

Cemeteries Near Lira ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lira.

This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.

Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Lira - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lira covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lira, with the one closest to Lira listed first.

  • Meridian Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Stohlman Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Grand Island Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Sutter Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Pugh Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • North Butte Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Arbuckle Catholic Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arbuckle Catholic Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Arbuckle Catholic Cemetery is located outside and to the north of Arbuckle.
  • Arbuckle Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arbuckle Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Arbuckle Cemetery is located outside and to the north of Arbuckle.
  • Yuba City Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Live Oak Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Johns Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • St. Joseph's Catholic Historical Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Joseph's Catholic Historical Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Joseph's Catholic Historical Cemetery is located in Marysville.
    • The St. Joseph's Catholic Historical Cemetery has also been known as:
    • St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery
    • St. Joseph's Catholic Cemetery
    • St. Joseph's Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2161309 <3>
  • Continue List   (34 more) ...
    • Marysville Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Marysville Jewish Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Williams Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)

Nearby Communities in 1895 ...

We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<4>

While we didn't find Lira in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Lira.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Lira, with the one closest to Lira listed first.

  • Meridian
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Sycamore
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Sycamore is located in Colusa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
  • Grimes
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Grand Island
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Grand Island is located in Colusa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Island
  • Colusa
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Pennington
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Pennington is located in Sutter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennington
  • Cranmore
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Cranmore is located in Sutter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranmore
  • College City
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Genevra
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Genevra is located in Colusa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genevra
  • Arbuckle
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Yuba City
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Lomo
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Lomo is located in Sutter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lomo
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Binney Junction
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Binney Junction is located in Yuba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Binney Junction
    • Live Oak
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Live Oak is located in Sutter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Live Oak
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,048 people
    • Williams
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lira. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lira.

Newspapers Published in Lira ...

An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).

To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.

Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 84 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lira.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lira, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lira.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Lira:

Footnotes ...

<1>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Lira) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com.
<4>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Lira, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.